What makes your day?
Adobe unveiled the winners of its tenth annual student prize Adobe Design Achievement Awards this week, with a UK student, Napatsawan Chirayukool, topping the animation category. Chirayukool, from Kingston University,
From the shadows
Next week, the Victoria & Albert Museum hosts the first exhibition of work by contemporary camera-less photographers in a UK museum. The exhibition, which has been curated by the V&A’s
Editor’s blog
The London Design Festival is well behind us now, but other creative celebrations continue. Cardiff is still in the throes of its annual designfest and the likes of Barcelona and
Web Stories
Below are the top online news stories published by Design Week over the past week. Magazine subscribers can sign up for free e-mail alerts and access the archive at www.designweek.co.uk.
Voxpop
Webb & Webb has rebranded classic toy Playplax. What was your favourite childhood toy and why?
Peter & Paul brands BBC-backed village community project
Peter & Paul has been appointed to develop the branding for Taste Tideswell, a community-led project supported by the Big Lottery Fund and the BBC.
Predicted rise in passengers triggers retail revamp by JHP at Bordeaux-Merignac airport
JHP is redeveloping the ’retail masterplan’ of Bordeaux-Merignac airport’s two original terminal buildings in France.
Ale and arty
French band Phoenix has worked with Inventory Studio and Valero Doval to create a series of limited-edition labels for bottles and cans for Beck’s beer.
Harp sharpens up
Holmes & Marchant has redesigned the packaging for Northern Irish lager Harp.
Latest articles
British Library’s new Harry Potter exhibition combines wizardry and history
As JK Rowling’s magical series celebrates its 20th anniversary, the British Library has opened a new exhibition to mark the occasion. We speak to exhibition design consultancy Easy Tiger Creative
Remembering Jon Daniel: 1966-2017
We look back on the life and work of the Design Week columnist, independent creative director and social activist “who helped put black participation on the political map”.
Designers “work for free” one day a week, DBA report shows
The DBA’s Annual Survey of over 150 businesses has shown that, while income and staff employment is on the up, clients are underpaying for design services.
5 important things that happened in design this week
From a new report about creative skills shortages post-Brexit, to our top picks from Design Manchester 2017, we round up the news from the last seven days.
